Tag: Singer
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Why is this place has great significance for Usha Uthup?
Kolkata: If a place can change anyone’s fortune then Trincas has been the same for playback singer Usha Uthup. “I belong to Trincas and Trincas belong to me,” said the Padma Shri awardee singer Usha Uthup on a lazy humid September noon as she was reminiscing her 50-year-long association with the iconic night club at…
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Ballad singer Khan, praises Krishna and Shiva, digitalises Folk Lore
Kolkata: Twenty-four-year-old Yusuf Khan, a Muslim Jogi from Alwar district, stays a few blocks away from the now-famous Pehlu Khan who was lynched for trading in cattle. In a way, Yusuf Khan, a ballad singer and his family is a testament of the age old Hindu-Muslim brotherhood that seems to now be eroding, thanks to…
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Pavlu Banerjee: A teacher sings about burning social issues
Kolkata: He has been teaching young minds for 18 years now. He also trains them to be conversant with the world of information technology. Meet Pavlu Banerjee, who is no ordinary computer teacher, for he composes and sing songs that address social cause. His songs are not in tune with normal Bollywood songs, but he…